Why I thought that I would take
time to write a whole book
whilst in the midst of application
review season and Christmas,
I am unsure.
So now I'm past it and I'm on to
some new silliness.
The goal is to translate a book that is written in a language that
I have never learnt.
I recently bought a copy of Les Miserables in Frnech and will soon start the process of translating it. I am expecting a solid amount of frustration and some really funny mistakes along the way but hopefully I come away with some ability in French and having read one of the great novels of the 19th century.
After finishing War
and
Peace,
I feel Invincible.
John Adams and John Quincy worked on their French while they were crossing
the Atlantic by reading Moliere, and John still sucked at it when he got there.
It will be interesting to see
if I can be any more successful than
this man who clearly towers over me intellectually
simply because I have access to the internet and the ability to
instantly ascertain the information I need both in written and sonic form.
Woot.
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